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The acting out started early, the horrific memories torturing the subconscious. Those lazy afternoons along the New River were supposed to be a youthful escape from the inner-city life in Fort Lauderdale. They weren't. And only now, after opening up about a tormented childhood that included sexual abuse starting at age 5, does Keyon Dooling appreciate why. "When we'd go fishing," the former Cardinal Gibbons, Dillard High and Miami Heat basketball standout says from his Boston-area home, "I would try to hurt the fish, tear their heads off. "Right in the New River, where would go fishing and crabbing, I'd catch the fish and go to work on them. I never...

The acting out started early, the horrific memories torturing the subconscious.
Those lazy afternoons along the New River were supposed to be a youthful escape from the inner-city life in Fort Lauderdale.
They weren't. And only now, after opening up...

Following a string of recent cases in which coaches used their positions to sexually abuse children, the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation says it is trying to help sports organizations better screen people who work with young athletes.The foundation has...

— As Cal Ripken Jr. watched the news unfold of the sexual abuse committed by Jerry Sandusky at Penn State University, he decided to take on the chief question before the sporting community: "What can we do to make kids safer?"
The Orioles...

Penn State's ex-president and two former top school administrators were ordered by a Harrisburg, Pa., judge Tuesday to stand trial on charges accusing them of a cover-up in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
Prosecutors showed enough evidence...

It took the NCAA years to investigate and rule on USC's case involving Reggie Bush.
The NCAA required less than a day to rule on USC's latest appeal to modify the sanctions handed down in the case.
A day after USC Athletic Director Pat Haden met with...

Penn State has landed James Franklin as football coach, bringing to State College, Pa., the most coveted college football coach in the nation.
Although the architect of an amazing turnaround at SEC doormat Vanderbilt denied all week that he had made a...

Don't look for a $3,000 suit or slicked-back hair. Don't expect to hear empty flattery or bragging about an extensive list of superstar clients. None of that is Joe Linta.
"If you met him and he told you he was a sports agent, you wouldn't believe...

Penn State coach Bill O’Brien has been blitzing the airwaves, appearing live Wednesday on “SportsCenter” from ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Conn. But Penn State will bring zero players to Chicago for media days on Thursday and Friday.
And the Big Ten...

Ron Morgan and Kerry Lewis grew up in adjoining states — one in Idaho, the other in Oregon.Both belonged to Boy Scout troops during the 1980s, and decades later, both alleged in lawsuits that the Scouts failed to protect them and other boys against...